Wisconsin colleges fight identity theft and fraud

7:08 AM,
Feb. 6, 2013

A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student uses the bursar's office on Tuesday on campus. One way college financial directors have tried to combat identity theft is to change the way refunds are issued.

Written by

Charles Davis
Press-Gazette Media

It's not every day that a woman from Nebraska pays for two students from Egypt to attend the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Staff became suspicious and investigated after one of the students came to the bursar's office to get a refund because his account was overpaid after the woman's credit card was used online in April to pay more than $3,300 on the students' accounts. Employees later determined the woman never gave anyone permission to use her credit card number.

Officials prevented the payments from processing and, after a monthslong probe, the two students - ages 18 and 20 - were cited ...